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Naticopsis protogaea

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Natica protogaea was named by Goldfuss (1844). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Naticopsis protogaea by Paeckelmann (1922), Frýda (1998), Heidelberger and Amler (2002), Krawczyński (2006), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Natica protogaea Goldfuss
1922Naticopsis protogaea Paeckelmann p. 42 figs. pl. 1 f. 16a-b
1998Naticopsis protogaea Frýda p. 143 figs. pl. 24 f. 7-12
2002Naticopsis protogaea Heidelberger and Amler pp. 323 - 324 figs. f. 14-15
2006Naticopsis protogaea Krawczyński p. 688 fig. 6T
2023Naticopsis protogaea Wagner p. 788

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesprotogaea()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Naticopsis protogaea Goldfuss 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, f = family
References: Squires 1976, Knight 1933

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 383.40000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sauerland) Naticopsis protogaea (51936 51967 56158)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian383.4 - 379.0Germany Naticopsis protogaea (28047)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland Naticopsis protogaea (62179)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie) Naticopsis protogaea (62176)